The Visual Language of Technique: Volume 2 - Heritage and Expectations in Research

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Luigi Cocchiarella

The Visual Language of Technique

Volume 2 - Heritage and Expectations in Research

Luigi Cocchiarella

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Springer International Publishing AG
06 October 2016

Applied mathematics; Philosophy of science; Expert & knowledge-based systems; Image processing; Human-computer interaction

"The book is inspired by the second seminar in a cycle connected to the celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the Politecnico di Milano. ""Working with the Image Description Processing Prediction"" was the motto of this meeting, aiming to point out the role of Visual Language not only in describing reality, but also in supporting the thinking processes in Science (prediction), in Art (invention), in Technical studies (prevision) and in identifying and working on both visible and invisible phenomena. As John Barrow states, ""So often a picture is better than a thousand words"" and ""The visual language is the most natural, while the other language could reasonably be considered as 'postscripts' to the human story"". The essays included in the volume (from lectures, the poster session, interviews and round table) will show the wide range of technical possibilities connected with the present use of the Image, especially thanks to Computer Graphics, from 3D Modeling to Augmented Reality, while also offering a glimpse of interesting theoretical perspectives. In the end, as noted by Martin Heidegger, the word ""theory"" not only comes from the Ancient Greek verb ""theoreo"", that is ""to see, to observe"", but it also echoes the words ""theos"" and ""thea"", namely ""god"" and ""goddess"", and above all, it shares the root with the term ""aletheia"", which is the ""truth"", which is not far from the ultimate goal of research."

Edited by: Luigi Cocchiarella
Imprint: Springer International Publishing AG
Country of Publication: Switzerland
Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 11mm
Weight: 3.051kg
ISBN: 9783319358598
ISBN 10: 3319358596
Pages: 179
Publication Date: 06 October 2016
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Prof. Luigi Cocchiarella Associate Professor, Department of Architettura e Studi Urbani (DASTU), School of Architettura e Società (Architecture and Society), since 1999 at the Politecnico di Milano, Italy. Member of the Department Board of the Department of Architecture and Urban Studies. Vice-President of the Bachelor in Architectural Science of the School of Architettura e Società Member of the Unione Italiana Disegno (UID). Member of the Board of Regents of the International Society for Geometry and Graphics (ISGG).